Profile
In flight
Game Birds
Gray Francolin
Ortygornis pondicerianus
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
Calls ring across the thorn scrub at dawn, three sharp notes repeated until the heat shimmers. A patient, ground-loving bird that knows every dust bath in its territory.
- Population
- common across South Asia, abundant where suitable habitat persists
- Habitat
- dry open scrub, thorn country, fallow fields, semi-arid farmland
- Diet
- seeds, grain, shoots, termites, beetles, small invertebrates
- Size
- 0.33 m
- Wingspan
- 0.45 m
